House approves Senate bill to fund DHS and end 76-day shutdown

Washington — The House connected Thursday unanimously approved a Senate-passed measure to money astir of the Department of Homeland Security, a determination that volition soon extremity the 76-day shutdown that has near many captious agencies struggling to support operations and wage employees.

The measure was approved by dependable vote, sending it to President Trump's desk. The shutdown volition extremity erstwhile the president signs the authorities into law.

The section has been unopen down since Feb. 14, making it the longest partial authorities shutdown successful U.S. history. Democrats person objected to backing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the 2 agencies nether DHS that person led the complaint connected enforcing Mr. Trump's migration crackdown. 

The Senate unanimously passed legislation to money the remainder of DHS past month. But House Republicans rejected that plan, arguing that the measure would beryllium caving to Democratic demands to defund the president's migration agenda.

Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Trump yet coalesced astir a plan to money the entirety of DHS connected 2 parallel tracks. The archetypal would impact the House passing the Senate DHS measure to instantly reopen the department. The 2nd involves backing ICE and Border Patrol done the fund reconciliation process, which volition let Republicans to o.k. a measure without enactment from Senate Democrats.

The president ordered DHS to redirect wealth to wage employees successful March, but Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that backing to marque payroll would adust up by the opening of May, expanding unit connected lawmakers to walk the Senate bill.

House leaders had been waiting for the reconciliation process to determination guardant earlier bringing up the Senate legislation. Both chambers took the archetypal measurement toward crafting the reconciliation bundle this week, adopting a fund plan that instructs the applicable committees to constitute authorities to money the migration agencies.

Mr. Trump has said helium wants the reconciliation bundle connected his table by June 1. 

Both ICE and Border Patrol received tens of billions of dollars successful backing successful past year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, meaning their operations person continued mostly unimpeded during the shutdown. 

The brunt of the backing lapse has frankincense been felt by different DHS components similar the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Adm. Kevin Lunday, the commandant of the Coast Guard, told CBS News successful an exclusive interview that his workforce was "furious" that the impasse had dragged connected truthful long, calling it "incredibly frustrating."

Jaala Brown contributed to this report.